Five Softball Rams Earn All-Conference Awards

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Newport News, Va. – The Atlantic 10 league office announced softball's year-end awards on Tuesday afternoon and Fordham has five representatives across four different All-Conference teams. Sophomore Bailey Enoch has been named First Team All-Conference at DP, Brianna Pinto was named to the Second Team, Rachel Hubertus garnered All-Academic honors, and for a third straight year two freshman landed on the All-Rookie team – Allie Clark and Sydney Wells, with the shortened 2020 season having no awards.
 
"I'm happy for our student-athletes that were recognized for their success this season." Head coach Melissa Inouye said, "Our team knows that an individual award is a reflection of our team success, and I am very proud of the continued growth and depth of our team. We're looking forward to competing and playing for each other this week."  
 
Enoch, a two-time Pitcher of the Week this year, has enjoyed a tremendous two-way sophomore campaign, slashing .304/.421/.528 across 45 starts, missing just one contest thus far, while leading the team in walks and on-base percentage and sharing the team lead in doubles and triples. She has also contributed six home runs, 25 RBIs, and 20 runs, and is currently riding a 24-game reached-base streak. In 21 conference contests, she is slashing .356/.500/.695 with nine extra-base hits and a team-high 15 runs.
 
In the circle, the Burlington Township, N.J. native has pitched to a 6-3 record and a 3.25 ERA over 19 appearances and eight starts, including her first career shutout, at Saint Joseph's on April 16, while striking out 52 over 69 innings. She is the third First-Team DP in program history after Paige Ortiz (2012) and Skylar Johnston (2017).
 
This is the second consecutive Second Team selection for Pinto, who has started all 43 games she's been available for. The graduate student leads the Atlantic 10 in stolen bases, going a perfect 25-for-25, and is 38^th nationally in total thefts and 29^th with 0.58 per game. Pinto is slashing .289/.342/.349 with a team-high 43 hits and the second-most runs, 26. She became the program's all-time leader in steals earlier this year and is now up to 85 for her career.
 
Hubertus leads the Atlantic 10 in home runs, with 16, by a wide margin, by six, while starting all 46 contests this season. She is slashing .288/.345/.621 with team-highs of 44 hits, 39 RBIs, and 95 total bases. In the field, she has committed just three errors at first base with none coming in conference play. In league play, the redshirt senior is slashing .325/.369/.727 while leading the squad with 10 home runs, 25 hits, and 22 RBIs. This is her first All-Academic award.
 
Clark has started 31 of 34 games so far in her freshman season, hitting .256 with 23 hits, 13 runs, and 13 walks, while co-leading the squad with five sacrifices and chipping in a pair of steals. Wells has appeared in 28 games, starting 26 of those, while hitting .222 with a pair of home runs and 14 RBIs, though she's come on strong recently and has started 10 league contests with a .323/.400/.613 triple slash line.
 
Fordham clinched the second overall seed and a first-round bye at this week's Atlantic 10 Championship, hosted by George Mason. The Rams will play the winner of #3 Saint Joseph's and #6 Massachusetts on Thursday at 2:30 p.m. on ESPN+.